BEIRUT (Reuters) - An al Qaeda splinter group has wrested control of key parts of the eastern Syrian province of Deir al-Zor from other rebel groups, activists said on Sunday, worsening infighting that has handicapped the insurgency against President Bashar al-Assad.
I think "infighting" was the word I chose as well.
(CNN) -- The leader of an al Qaeda affiliate in Syria is calling for an end to days of bloody infighting between opposition factions, according to an online message.
Al-Qaeda group known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) on Tuesday urged its fighters to “crush” other rebel groups in Syria, in an audio message from the group’s spokesman.
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/New...l-Qaeda-groups-fight-each-other-in-Syria.html
The others were incredulous, recalled one, who supports the Nusra Front, a rival group that has Al Qaeda’s official stamp of approval as its representative in the fight against President Bashar al-Assad. But the man on the truck replied, “We are here to establish the Islamic state, not to fight Assad.”
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Such disputes helped set off the infighting that has swept insurgent-held northern Syria for the past week, leaving more than 500 dead, as a broad array of factions have turned against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, known as ISIS, in a showdown over tactics, power and ideology within a Sunni jihadist movement that has drawn fighters from across the world.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/13/w...inst-most-radical-group-tied-to-al-qaeda.html
Syrian rebels also fighting al Qaeda, other hard-liners for villagers’ hearts and minds
Syrian rebels also fighting al Qaeda, other hard-liners for villagers' hearts and minds - Washington Times
Syrian Rebel Groups Fight Each Other As Ghurabaa Al-Sham And Judicial Council Engage In Mutual Kidnappings.
Syrian Rebel Groups Fight Each Other As Ghurabaa Al-Sham And Judicial Council Engage In Mutual Kidnappings
